National Republican., 1887-03-17
CURRENT COMMENT.
The sointiiiations which Brighten Our
ExcbnuRa Iist


Exchange List.
Philadelphia Press. BY congratulatng
Mr.. Thomas d. Connery upon his prospect
i've Advancement TO the post Of minister TO
Mexico we also felicitate Secretary Bayard
upon his dawning sense OF tho fitness OF
newspaper men for diplomatic service.
Philadelphia Inquirer. II there are any
rich men In Baltimore besides Robert Gar
rett, they might make that city ia way sta.
ton" on the road to Europe by starting
two or three lines Of steamers. Baltimore
should have soul above oyster boats.
Cleveland Leader Prince Albert Victor,
son OF the Prince of Wales, has been sent
to Gibraltar to do garrison duty in the hope
that IL may cure his tendency TO fast living.
His father is probably OF loss to under.
stand the boys waywardness and may be
thinking OF making his son the text for an
attack upon the laws OF heredity.
Philadelphia Press The funeral ceremo-
mics over the remains Of Mr.. Beecher set
wholesome example In their freedom from
the ostentatlous display of Grape and other
tokens OF mourning. The use of flowers In
place Of the gloomy drnpings which gen.
orally characterize such occasion, was an
innovation beautiful enough aud tender
enough to warrant and encourage It's gen
eral adoption.
New York Tribune IL the reports which
credit Secretary Endicott with the inten-
ton Of reslgning are true the influx OF re.
formers who are willing to preside over the
War Department will 20 far to lift the
gloom which settled over the Washington
| hotel keepers when Congress adjourned.
| These beautiful little examples Of the great
| law OF compensations are what make life
worth living.
Cleveland Leader. This is n pretty
fair country any way you may take 1t, but
IL would be infinitely better IL 1t did not
| contain so many obstructlonist, reaction
ary, and anarchist Democrats. But free
schools, American Drogrcsslveness, and
head tax on immigration will In time cut
| off the sources from which Democracy is
| fattened, and thereafter we shall have an
ideal condition Of things.
| Cincinnati Enquirer! Semi-oillclal in.
formation reaches us that Canada is care
| fully preparing for n spring campaign
against the fishermen OF the United States.
Our private advice to the fishermen Of this
country is to fish and cut bait wherever
they please upon this continent. There lie
not. In this world, power strong enough
to prevent our people from exercising this
their righteous prerogative.
Utica Herald: The Mugwumps could for
| give Senator Hoar fortaking to task Speaker
Carlisle and the ruling junta of the House,
II he had not contrasted Speaker Carlisle's
unfairness with Speaker Blaine's fairness
That perfect contrast was presented
makes no difference. No bull was ever
more furious at the reddtst of red flags
than the too good MugwumD is at com.
mandatory mention OF the terrible man Of
Maine.
Mobile Register These anarchists may
| rail, AMI the dynamiter imagine vain
| tl,fnna Nnau nj tha
mouth with rage and fury, but the press of
the land will continue to demand that no
such growth as that of anarchism shall be
tolerated on our soil. The railing of the
anarchists against the press is tribute to
1t. The press Of this country has faults,
some of them very palpable, but want OF
courage is not one OF them.
Hartford COirant There is encourage
ment for struggling inventors, the world
over, In the great hit just made by the
young Irish Australian, Brennan. He had
notion in his head, and he worked
away at It perseverlngly until he
produced new sort Of torpedo, which
the British admiralty believe to be far
and away the best torpedo in existence
For the exclusive use Of bis invention Great
Britain pays this clever young 1rishman OF
the antipodes the very tidy sum Of $3.50, ,00O
New York IIo,ld: The Democrats, on
their part, owe an apology to the Republi
cans. For dozen years and more the
Democratic orators and editors have rune
the changes on charges of Republican cor
ruption and rascality. "Turn the RAJ jill
ont" and "open the books" were shibbo-
leths Of the canvass. Some 80, 900 Repub
lican officials, 1t is said, have been turned
out or supplsnted, and yet how few Of then
all have been even accused of rascality
The books have been opened-not half a
| thnrnttnlalU. q nh m have haaY, ~,
douht-but no Justification or other startlin.
discovery have been made. =.
|, Chicago Ncus The country, unless al
signs are deceptive, is to be cursed witt
another of those gigantic wheat corner
which have in the past done 80 much u
ipjure its export trade In that cereal. Tn
present time is most inopportune one II
which to engineer corner in any deserip
tion of exportables. We are experiencing
q stringent money market, which free ex
changes OF property-especially with for
, eign countries-would do so much to re
/ lieve, and up to the present time hav
d been relieving; at the same time the visibl
5 grain supply is larger than ever before. s
that IL there was period in which such
!, course as this would be criminal, it is th
: present.
New York Mail and Express Salisbur
has gone delicatelY with the Irish probleI
= up to this point in proposed legislation Q
y least-but now commits his government
. bill which will in effect be equivalent I
y tine declaration Of martial law In tbs
!, country. Any person suspected" of reli
. lation with the National League, or wit
I. any scheme such as that called the plan {
# campaign may be summarlly taken int
|. custody and committed to prison for 81
months. This is not quite so bad as
used to be in Poland, when any man wh
| himaplf ini m ta nth hNrit tte
!, or to ON important neighbor was pereml
4 toiily hustled off to Siberia where life for
:. day is worse than any prison for six month
d but so far as the denial of right and justie
a is concerned the principle is the same.
4 New York Mail and Express: What
: testy crowd 1t isl And how amusing
would all be were the ebullitions OF rae
exhibited by company OF men for who
Y the country is not responsible. The Pres
y dent swears at every one asking for an Off
I. and shakes his fist at the retiring forms
IL congressman who have performed dis
e greeable duty in calling on him to sugge
e the appointment OF constituents. He ge
10 into ludicrous rage with newspapers th
!, wickedly enjoy tantallzing him, and he go
4 to the extreme length of believing out h
ee wrath at a public festival at which is cell
Ic brated the founding of an ancient seat
e learning. He is angry when the time com
L for writing his annual message, and I
); donbt growls to himself every time he fai
I" to find six-syllable word for O one syllab
idea. lie makes more noise over pin pric
J. than Mr.. Arthur would have made over Il
ie blow of bludgeon. Mr.. Cleveland
e humors would be funny In noYel or on d
u stage. but we don't like II in Presiden
. The red.faced antics OF q man who gets a
u CRY over nothing are undignihed in Il
W white house.
;. Cincinnati Enquirer: Once more, for pc
J. hops the twentieth time, the same old que
tlon Is precipated upon us as to what effe
the ''presidentlal succession law,n pass,
by the last Congress, may have upon h
eligibility of foreign-born citizen to
Cabinet position. Not simply because h
laai In q.